12-15 OCTOBER 2025 / DUBAI HARBOUR
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Simon Hardie

Simon Hardie

CEO/Founder, Findexable

Simon is CEO of findexable – the global digital platform for research and benchmarking digital finance innovation, and home to the Global Fintech Index.

findexable makes it easier to benchmark fintech activity by powering unmoderated, real-time insight on global innovation ecosystems that’s used by multinational firms and investors to support strategic decision-making.

Simon is a regular conference host, moderator and public speaker. He has over two decades of experience supporting the growth of digital ecosystems and using insight to build meaningful connections between investors, institutions, and innovators through his work with global intelligence brands including The Economist, Euromoney Institutional Investor Thomson Reuters, and Global Data.

He was previously a director of market research, events and data business Global Data PLC before setting up findexable in response to growing customer demand for an easier, more efficient means of gathering insight and analytics across the world of innovation, investment, emerging ecosystems and digital finance.